I was running in the forest in the opposite direction of where Leo lived. I was running and running until I bumped into a tree and everything went black. After awhile I woke up. 'This place looks strangely familiar.' I said to myself. I tried to sit up but my head hurt. "Ow." "Oh hey there. Good to see you up Akela." "H-hello. Can I ask who you are?" "Oh sorry. You probably don't remember me. You haven't seen me since before your father died. My name is Kira. I'm your fathers younger brother. I am 2 years younger than him." "I assume you were related to him somehow you look a little like him." "Haha yeah that's what people say. You look like your father as well." "I know mom showed me pictures of him. He was with me and mom." "Yeah he was the happiest guy alive when you were born. If your mom was happy he was happy." "Wow they must h loved each other a lot." "Yeah they did. I take it your their daughter. By the looks of my brother." "Yes I was their only child. Mom has 8 little wolf pups now with another man. Or I guess you can say a wolf. He doesn't' change human like mom." "Yeah I heard about your mom it was a shocker. Can you too?" "No not yet. If you want to know more you should talk to mom." "Well I heard where your mom moved I never thought she would meet anybody." "Yeah well she did. Heck I didn't even know she was my birth mom til recently. She told me what happened to dad though. Do you know what attacked dad that day?" "Well it wasn't wolf marks if that is what you are worried about. How you feeling by the way?" "Oh I'm good now I should go see mom. She and the others are worried. I ran off because of something they talked about." "Oh about your wolf and Human side fighten huh?" "Uh how did?" "Its alright my brother swore me not to tell anyone you are the first one. Yer mom will be the second." "The only ones who Know are the doc and mom oh and eventually a boy named Loki will be coming back he knows too just they know." "Ok I won't tell anyone. OK lets go back to yer village." So he walked me back.
We got close and I told him to wait here a second. "Mom! Mom!" "Oh honey your safe thank God." "Mom I'm ok really. Uncle Kira saved me when I hit a tree. He is waiting for you over there. He wants to talk to you about something. Privately." "Oh I haven't seen him in years. OK tell your dad I'm talking to an old friend ok?" "Yeah mom." "Ok sweetie I'll be back." Just as I went inside dad ran over to me. He gave me a big hug. "I'm ok dad really. I just got a big hug from mom. My birth fathers brother saved me when I knocked myself out by a tree." "You need to watch where your going Akela." "Yeah I know." Then my brothers and sisters jumped all over me because they were worried too. "I'm ok guys really. I wasn't watching where I was going and hurt myself that's all." They licked me and hugged me. I patted their little heads. Then I finally saw someone I have been waiting to see.
"Loki?" "Yeah its me." "Loki!" I ran over to him and gave him a big hug. "I've missed you so much. I worried that something happened to you. I heard what happened." "Well actually it wasn't as bad as we thought it was. Lets talk about it somewhere else." "Ok then. Lets go to moms room."
So we walked and he told me what happened. "Ok so you know my dad was looking for me right?" "Yeah." "Well he found us. He didn't have to tear the place apart thankfully. He just wanted to see how I was doing. If I was ok or not. He regrets what he did back then. I told him he had a lot of things to make up for. I can't forgive him for that. Not until he makes up 8 years of my life for not being there and for doing what he did to mother." "Oh I see. How is he going to pay it back?" "He said for me to decide I haven't figured it out yet. I told him when I do I will contact him somehow. He told me where he was staying so when I know I will go over." "I see that's a good idea." "I also heard you ran off for awhile." "Yeah mom told me about my condition. You knew about it too. I still don't know what to do. I don't want to pick a side. I told mom I would rather die and ran away. I like being human because of the friends I made now and can talk to more people and learn from them but if I turn into a wolf I can only understand all of us who are wolves here. I can play with you guys better I just. I'm afraid if I turn one I won't be able to turn the other." "Oh Is that all?" "Well it wasn't difficult for me because I'm a guy but I had the same situation too. Everybody does. Its just like mom said you are weaker that's why your afraid. You just need to give in to one side for now and I can train you to use the opposite side ok? For now it would be safer to give in to the human side and I and our siblings and whole family can help you train your wolf side." "Oh thank Loki. I was worried so I ran and hit a tree and got knocked out. Mom is talking to my uncle now. My birth fathers brother Kira. I hope things go well with their talk." "Well its good that people on your dad's side still care for you." "Yeah. Thanks. Things must have happened with dad's family is why they couldn't take me in. I wonder if its because they know what mom was." "I don't know that is something you should ask." "Oh shoot. My pictures of dad!" "Oh here they are Pfew thought I lost them. These are pictures of me mom and my birth father." I showed Loki and he said. 'You definitely have your fathers face." "Thanks mom things so too. I may have her hair and yes but my face is dad's I'm so happy. Now I Just wish I can remember his voice. What did dad sound like?" Every time I thought about it I end up crying. "Come here." He hugged me and I snuggled up to him. "I understand your pain. I feel the same way about my mother." "That's even worse. Than not remembering your fathers voice." I said. "Yeah especially since no one is closer than your mother." "This may be the wrong time so say this but, did you talk to mom and dad?" "About what?" "Oh shoot I have to tell you now since I mentioned it. Well at first I only thought of you as a brother. Now I maybe crushing on you and I assume eventually be in love with you." "When I told mom this she said I was crushing that's why I said that. She said what kind of look you had on your face when I thought you knew. I told her a confused face." "Well it was certainly true. I never thought I would have mixed feelings for my cousin either." "Wait so you." "Haha yeah I was hoping you would feel the same way. Well I was hoping mom and dad would give us an arranged marriage so when we got older at 18 we could marry." "Yeah that would be nice. Lets get as close as we can get at our age now and we we get in high school we can do more ok?" "Sounds good to me. Lets go see if mom is back and get dad to talk to them.
We found mom and dad together. Mom, dad, we would like to talk to you together alone please." So we all went back in mom's room and we told them what we decided we wanted to do. "Is that ok?" "Is that ok. Of course its ok. Arrange marriage accepted." Said dad. "Thanks mom and dad." Then I gave them a hug. Kissed them on the cheek. We all giggled then headed toward the living room. I saw Kira and Leo having a good time.
"Oh hello uncle." "Ah Akela looks like your doing a lot better that's good." 'Yeah thanks to you. Sorry for the trouble." "Oh no worries. Your father was a clutz too that's how he got your mom." "Hey Kira." Said mom playfully hitting him. I heard dad laughing too. So this is the famous Kira." "Yeah dad. Sorry for him being here." "Oh its fine its fine." "What did he say?" "Oh I apologized for you being here he doesn't mind since its someone me and mom know." "Thank you sir. I apologize." Dad just rolled his eye and nodded. "Hehe. I wonder where I have seen those eyes before." I joked. It was almost time for us to head back home. "Ok Akela say goodbye to everyone. Its time to go." "Aww ok then. By mom and dad. By brothers and sisters. These are the ones I told you about." They jumped on me and wished me good luck. "Ok I will see you on the weekend ok? I promise." Then Loki helped me up and we headed out. Uncle Kira followed. I guess Leo wanted him to come over for a bit.
While we were walking I asked. "Hey uncle are you coming to visit for awhile?" "Oh about that. I live here in the village. When I heard your ma was around these parts I bought a place. So just recently." "Oh that's cool. Can I visit you sometime uncle?" "Well sure. You all should come. Its just me alone anyway." "Ok cool." Once we got to the village we went our separate ways. Us 3 headed to Leo's. "Oh Akela. Be prepared to get hugged. She is a hugger like your mom and dad." "Hehe ok sure." We just walked in the door and sure enough Aqua came over and hugged me. "I'm so glad your safe. I was so worried about you." "Jeeze I know I'm still little but there is no reason to worry." "Oh we stopped by the school and told them you might be coming next week. You only have one more day this week." "Oh ok then. I'll start fresh on Monday." There was a knock on Leo's door. (Knock knock." "Expecting friends Loki?" "Not that I know of." Leo opened the door. "Oh hello kids are you friends of Loki and Alkela?" "Yes we wanted to make sure she was doing ok? We came by to check." Said Rain. "Aww you are so sweet." I said just as I poked my head out. "I'm fine now. Hey uncle an the girls come to my room and the boys in Loki's? " "Ok sure. Just don't make too much noise ok?" "Yay! Thank you uncle." I gave him a hug and invited the girls in my room. I showed them all the stuff I had in here.
"They haven't had a chance to change the bed set but sometime soon they are gong to take me shopping for bed sets. Same with Loki." "Oh that is so cool. Maybe we can all come with. Before we leave we should ask them." Said Fawn. "Yeah maybe." So we talked about girls stuff an 8 year old would talk about. Same on the boys side talking boy stuff. Then it was time for them to go and me and my friends talked about the trip. "Ok but keep your hands off of everything ok?" "Yes sir." So we walked our friends to the door and they left.
"Thanks uncle Leo. You're a nice guy. Were you this nice growing up with mom?" "Me? Nice? Of course not. I was a troublemaker. I still am at times just not around the people I know." "Hehe. He is right. I grew up with him too. He was the one picking on the girls he liked." "Hey I didn't pick on the girls I liked. I was just getting them back." "Uh huh. You keep telling yourself that." "Hehe" "haha" Me and Loki were laughing at them. Then Loki said, "Does that mean you like each other? You seem to pick on each other often." "Well as teenagers say these days it's a complicated relationship." "Ok fine. Be that way." We pouted jokingly. "Haha ok kids go play outside." We went outside and ran around.
"Wait a minute. I forgot Loki." "What is it?" "We are supposed to work on training my sides." "Oh yeah. So we decided to go on the side of human right? It will just be harder to understand wolves though once you give in to the human side. Luckily mom and I have both. Ok then. Get in a comfy position we are going to do what is called mediation." I crossed my legs and relaxed my arms. Loki helped me by rubbing my arms to relax. "Ok now. Breath in. Breath out. Breathe in the human and out the wolf in the human and out the wolf. I will tell you when to stop." Loki turned wolf and was talking. If she understood him she wasn't completely if she did then she wasn't done yet. "Ok can you understand me?" "I can't under stand you Loki" Then he turned human. "What about now?" "Yes I can now." "Ok you can stop now." "Good I thought I was going to pass out." "haha you would have been fine. Ok first thing we have to do is get you comfortable in your human body before we train your wolf part ok?" "Yes Master." I joked with him. "That's right. Just call me master Loki." "Hehe. Yes master Loki." I bowed jokingly.
It was already the next day and it was the weekend. I sent Leo over to tell them I will see them next week. I already saw them for almost a full week. So Loki helped me get used to my human body. "Isn't it funny Loki. I have looked human all my life but I guess I never felt it till now." "That's because your body was fighting itself." "Yeah I know its just weird. I bet when I get to high school or jr. high I will be the most beautiful girl in the school. No one has white hair fair skin and red lips like me." "Haha that's right. You will be the talk to the village that's for sure." "So what do I need to do to get my body comfortable so I can train it?" "Well what part of your body feels uncomfortable?" "Um hmm let me think." I walked around a was still a little wobbly since I gave into my human form. I suggested walking. "Well as you saw I'm sure my walking could use some work. Then we should try writing again and learning how to eat. I hope I still can." "OK lets first work on the walking. Get used to that and I'll help you with the rest. Its just like when you were a baby you get up walk fall down and get back up and try again." "Haha you sound like my father." "Well even if he is a wolf. He knows about humans since your mom. Ok I'll stand here try to walk to me." I tried walking to Loki and I was an inch from him when I almost fell and he caught me. "Sorry Loki." "Its ok. Like I said practice." So we continued he got further and further away when I got better at it. "Ok lets rest those legs of yours Lets sit on the chairs here." Said Loki. I sat down next to Loki and I heard someone come outside.
"Oh hi Aqua. Is Leo around?" "He went to visit some friends. Do you kids want some lemonade?" "Thanks Aqua." "You know Aqua. You are really pretty. Not just your hair and yes but everything." "Aww thankyou Akela. That's so sweet." Here you kids go. "Oh pink my favorite lemonade. Although I wish there was another color. My favorite color is the color of my eye. Light blue. You know when I woke up from being saved by my uncle he told me my birth father and mother were happy. They were happy the day I was born. They were worried because I was a weak child I wouldn't survive. By some miracle I did. I just wonder sometimes was it worth it. Even if my father was the happiest man alive back then like uncle said He said if mom was happy that was enough for him. He was only able to spend 1 month and 1 week with me. According to mom. I wish there was a way I could hear dad's voice to hear what it sounded like. I just wish I could remember. I'm sorry you two. I'm being a crybaby right now." "No need to apologize." Said Loki.